Ola Money, the popular digital payment solution from Ola, today announced that it has enabled cashless payments through its wallet for key utilities like gas and electricity across the country.

By selecting the 'Bill Payment' option on the Ola Money app and selecting their utility provider, users can instantly pay their utility bills with one touch.

In view of the recent demonetization of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes; cashless payments for various needs like mobility, food, travel, entertainment, shopping and now utility bills, becomes extremely convenient with Ola Money.

The RBI has also recently increased the recharge limit on wallets like Ola Money from Rs. 10,000 to Rs. 20,000 until 30 December, 2016 to facilitate convenient cashless transactions for citizens.

Apart from public utilities, Ola Money is also accepted at a range of other merchants across food, entertainment, ticketing and travel, recharge, shopping etc. This includes merchants like Cafe Coffee Day, Dominos, Pizza Hut, BookMyShow, Ebay, Cleartrip, GoIbibo, Yatra, IRCTC, RSRTC, Mumbai Metro and many more.

Pallav Singh, SVP & Head - Ola Money at Ola said, "Ola Money is making payments seamless beyond mobility, in a variety of use cases every single day.

With over 500 merchants already accepting Ola Money across India, we are proud to add 25 leading utilities to this list.

The Ola Money wallet is already the most-used payment choice for mobility and one of the top three wallets in the country.

Ola Money is an easier, faster and safer way to make payments online and offline. With millions of customers on its platform, Ola Money is already one of the top mobile wallets in the country by average size of wallet. Ola Money can be recharged using Net Banking Debit Cards or Credit Cards including MasterCard, VISA, American Express & RuPay.

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